COLUMNS

Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré and the Revolution of Illusions

Daily Dispatch October 7, 2025

Three years after taking power, Traoré’s populist showmanship and defiant rhetoric mask a grim reality of insecurity, poverty, and political isolation — far from the Sankarist revival he promises.By Oumarou Sanou Three years after seizing power, Burkina Faso’s strongman, Captain Ibrahim Traoré,

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ECOWAS plans life without Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali

Daily Dispatch June 15, 2025

…. To Hold Summit on Future of the Community The Economic Community of West African States on Sunday announced plans to organise a summit: “the Future of the Community,” to strategize on life without exited member states- Burkina-Faso, Mali and Niger Republic. The exit of the three francophone countries, who have since formed Alliance of […]

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EU Ambassador Advises ECOWAS to Take A Lesson from Brexit in Addressing Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger Exit

Daily Dispatch January 27, 2025

The Head of European Delegation to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), AmbassadorGautier Mignot has asked the West African regional bloc to learn from Brexit by evolving a new way of managing its relationship with the departing member countries, the Alliance of Sahel States (Alliance des Etats du Sahel) AES-Burkina Faso, […]

LEAD STORY 2

Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger: ECOWAS Parliament proposes mediation committee

Daily Dispatch May 21, 2024

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament has proposed the appointment of an Adhoc Mediation Committee to prevail on Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, the three member states of the regional bloc, to retrace their steps and reunite with other member nations. The Acting Speaker of the Parliament, Barau Jibrin, who is also the […]

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Nigeria expresses sadness over decision of Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali to exit ECOWAS

Daily Dispatch January 29, 2024

Nigeria has expressed sadness over the decision of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso to exit Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the subregional economic bloc. The Nigerian government expressed its feeling over the decision of the military juntas reigning in the three Francophone countries to exit the bloc which was created on 28th May, […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Macron Boasts: Without France there’d be no Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger

Daily Dispatch September 1, 2023

Without France’s military operations in the Sahel, “there would probably no longer be a Mali … Burkina Faso, and I’m not sure there would still be Niger”, French President Emmanuel Macron told French publication, Le Point. Macron is referring to the former colonial power’s interventions in the mid-2000s, Operations Serval and Barkhane. French troops were […]